Mapping Influences Over Time
I had been playing Aric’s crappy pawn shop bass for several months. Likewise, he was becoming proficient on my cheap ass pawn shop guitar. I want to take this moment to clarify that at no point do I ever consider myself a musician. To me a musician is somebody that understands music as it applies …
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The Roach Motel was three houses away from Penguin Point. I must have eaten there every day for at least a year. Big Wally, Fries and Root Beer $3.15. That was the big box of fries mind you. There were a couple of hot girls that worked there as well. You know a girl is …
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If you have been folowing along since elemntary school you’ll recall that I accidentally discovered Monty Python’s Flying Circus somewhere around the 3rd grade. I have been a fan of British humor ever since. During The Roach Motel Days, MTV did something brilliant! They started airing a British comedy series called The Young Ones. It was about for university …
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Another musical influence is often overlooked. USA network used to run a 5 hour show on Friday and Saturday nights. It was kind of like a mix tape for my demographic. It featured music videos, cartoon, weird movies, interviews and concert footage and other stuff that I found appealing. Sometimes it made great backdrop viewing. …
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I don’t think it was possible to be in the 10 to 40 age bracket in 1985 and not have at least heard of Madonna. Her second album Like A Virginhad been out for over a year and MTV might as well have been MadonnaTV. I already praised her for being the Boy Toy ambassador …
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Another thing happened in late 1985. I met the woman that would become my wife nearly 4 years later. I was working as a waiter in a Pizza Hut when it happened. Her parents had only 7 or 8 kids a that time and they would come in occasionally. I don’t remember any specific episodes …
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During The Roach Days, a guy named Chuck who used to play drums for us, introduced us to some good music. Billy Thorpe’s Children Of The Sun was among them. There was an allure to Children Of The Sun it might have been the story. It could have been the music. It might even have …
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Those of you that have been following along know that up to this point, my Pink Floyd experience has been Dark Side Of The Moon courtesy of a guy named Chip from The Academy Days and The Wall which was a devastatingly poignant punctuation at the end of The Rise & Fall Of ’84. I …
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What comes to mind when you look at the image over there –>? I have over 100 of these. Some look exactly like this one. Over the years, I’ve made mix tapes mostly on TDK, Maxell, and Memorex cassettes. I eventually settled into Maxell MX 110 as my cassette of choice. At just shy of …
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Living at The Roach Motel with Aric was a blast. I couldn’t have asked for a better house mate. I hope I was as courteous and supportive to him as he was to me. I almost said that I was at the perfect age again but that really doesn’t cover it. It was a great …
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